As a voice talent, Brad Venable takes versatility to a level that has been described as the ‘everyman of now.’ He was once told that he was “holding down the XY…both generations…and chromosomes.” The appropriately geeky compliment amused Brad. He’s the guy-next-door who won’t return your weed-whacker…or the one who entertains at backyard barbecues. Whether warm, fun, hip, fresh, friendly, sarcastic, wholesome, organic, real, wry, happy, or just plain energetic, Brad’s years of experience have locked in the popular ‘nowness’ that you hear on radio and television from New York to Los Angeles. Computer tech, comic book collector, pop culture nerd, and player of games, Brad covers about every counter-culture cliché known to man, and can still sound like the coolest hipster to ever wear clothes ironically. Now that’s irony for you. Because of all these underground skills, he shares a kinship with the people buying stuff now…why wouldn’t you want someone whose finger is on the pulse of ‘the now?’ Got a minute? Read what he has to say. Or give him a listen below. Brad Venable - Commercial Demo var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-9042027-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Where to find me… Blogs With Which I Roll J.S. 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